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I am watching Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. I watched this when it came out and remember being terrified by the body in the cage at the beginning, which I now see is on screen for maybe five seconds, tops.

Rewatching it now? Wow. Just. Wow. If it weren't for the A-list cast, I'd swear this was made for $5 in Romania for the Syfy Channel. I see why Mel Brooks parodied it. It should be parodied.

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For shits and giggles, I just watched a few minutes of the commentary for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, with the writers, Morgan Freeman, and Christian Slater. This is about what it's like:
Writer: And Morgan helped us pick the name, so it was very special. Morgan, you remember what it meant?
Morgan: [long pause] I forget.

Writer: What did you think, Morgan, when you first got the script?
Morgan: [long pause] You know, it was a long time ago, and you're putting me on the spot.

Does not sound like this is a role he remembers fondly. Or at all.